Where does “pițigăiat” come from?

pițigăiat (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ăt, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

pițigăiat (Romanian): high-pitched

Definitions

  1. high-pitched

Ancestry of “pițigăiat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ătAlternative form of -et
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Romanian -ăt →
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